Hi, I collect vintage recipes from the 1940's, 1950's, and 1960's. Naturally you will find a few recipes from the earlier days, as well as some later recipes from the 1970's. I pretty much draw the line at the 70's.

The collection of recipes and old photos are a "nod" to the older generation. Our mothers, fathers, grandparents, aunts and uncles and anyone else who influenced are lives. I don't think history does justice to the infamous folks who really made the difference. This small collection of recipes won't change history, but maybe a few will realize just how important a tradition of "food preparation" is to the heart of a family.

When I was growing up, you ate three meals a day at a table with the other members of your family. The fact was, if you were a girl, you helped your mother prepare the meals and sat the table. That means the table had real dishes, silverware and glasses - not paper plates and plastic cups. Now the boys in our family could help, but the girls had to be there. Meals were truly a family affair. By the way, paper plates and plastic cups were for picnics, out doors and looked forward to with great glee.

I recently ran across my first vintage recipe made with 7-UP. I had forgotton, as a child, all the buss surrounding recipes made with Coke, Pespie, Dr. Pepper or 7-UP. I have decided to create a page decated to recipes and food stuffs made with these soda drinks.

I find my recipes in old tin boxes purchases at yard sales, flea markets, auctions and from eBay. I also take recipes from mom's recipe box, my uncles and grandmothers. I don't scan the internet, I take what I find, as I find it and post the recipes here.

Memorial Day Recipes - "For me, Memorial Day was the day when we went out where relatives were buried in the tiny, local cemeteries and thoroughly cleaned up each gravesite, carrying away branches that may have fallen in the winter.................."

Soften cream cheese and mix in pineapple. Stir in 7-UP. Sprinkle sugar over peaches and grapes and stir into mixture. Pour into a 2-quart refrigerator dish and freeze until partially thickened. Whip cream until stiff; fold cream and marshmallows into fruit mixture. Freeze until solid. Makes 8 to 10 servings.